With the festive season looming and a couple of months under our belt we now have an exciting new kitchen team delivering stunning food!

The hotel is surrounded by rugged peaks and the beautiful lakes of the Waitaki Valley, and is the social centre of popular holiday village Otematata. The town swells to over 5000 people in the Christmas and New Year holidays as holiday makers from the bigger towns come to enjoy the lakes.

Water sports and activities for everyone from the base of Benmore Dam, just a stone’s throw from the Otematata Lakes Hotel

We have lots of affordable rooms available at Otematata Lakes Hotel - whether you are a family, business, work or corporate group we can accommodate your needs. Give us a call now on 03 438 7899

New Zealand’s largest earth dam, Benmore is part of the Waitaki hydroelectricity power scheme and built in the 1960s. After the lake (which covers an area of 75 km²) was created the incidence of seismic shocks increased by a factor of three to six times. Here you can explore, swim, boat, fish and more while enjoyin your stay at Otematata […]